One of the families who was visiting relatives in Luoyang heard from the boatmen that it would take at least two or three hours to set sail, so they decided to go to a nearby town. The family www.biquge.info with two boys, a girl, the eldest boy was twelve years old and his name was Zhan Hong, and the younger one was only six years old and called Zhan Fei. The girl's name is Zhanqin. Zhanhong left his parents and walked over and beckoned, "Sister Qing, we are going to the town for a walk, you can come with us." ”

Zhu Qingheng looked at Xiang Xiaoyuan and Ah Ling, asked with his eyes, and when he saw that both of them nodded, he smiled and said, "Okay." He pointed to a group of sailors and said, "Let's go with my brother who bought supplies on the ship." ”

Zhanhong said: "I'll ask my father." He ran to Master Zhan's side, asked a few words, and when he saw Master Zhan nodding, he ran to Zhu Qingheng and told her, "Dad also thinks it's good." He stayed by Zhu Qingheng's side and didn't want to go back, so he touched his round head and said, "Sister Qing, have you ever been here?" ”

Zhu Qingheng said: "No, what about you? ”

Zhanhong smiled and said, "I've been here once, let me tell you, there is a vendor in the town, and the rock sugar gourds sold are delicious." I'll buy it for you in a moment and try it. By the way, there is also a Taoist temple in the town, and I heard that the Taoist priest here is spiritual. Last time I came with a sister, she was seasick and sick along the way, but my aunt found a Taoist priest in the Taoist hall to prescribe a side medicine, and my sister was immediately cured. ”

Several of them set out for a nearby town, and the rest of the boatmen saw and followed, and by the last boat were almost empty.

After walking for more than a few miles, I entered a large town. Seeing that the doors and windows of the town were closed, the shops were open, the business was deserted, and occasionally people were in a hurry on the street, so they went to Feitian Pavilion, the largest restaurant in the town, and ordered wine and food.

The shopkeeper said: "Alas, it's not a little half a month ago that a gang of robbers suddenly appeared here, Linzhen was just ransacked, and Gu Dashan's family was burned to death at home." Now the case has not been solved, and the murderer cannot be caught, which makes people panic. Where did you come from? It couldn't have come at a better time. ”

Zhanhong was originally frustrated that he couldn't buy rock sugar gourds, but when he heard the words of the shopkeeper, he was surprised: "No one cares?" ”

The shopkeeper replied: "We are not too far from Luoyang here, there must be someone to take care of it, but that gang of thieves is too cunning, as if they appeared out of thin air, and our adults have been stunned for more than half a month and can't find their den." ”

Zhu Qingheng gasped lightly when he saw Xiang Xiaoyuan hear the sentence "Gu Dashan's family was burned to death at home", put down his chopsticks, lowered his head and trembled slightly. Hurriedly poured a cup of hot water and handed it to her. Xiang Xiaoyuan took it, his face was pale and his expression was stunned. Zhanhong leaned over and said, "Why is Second Sister Liu like this," smiled slightly, "Are you scared?" Don't be afraid, there are so many of us here, not to mention that we won't stay long before leaving, how can we be so unlucky? Seeing Xiang Xiaoyuan, he shook his head and nodded, and asked Zhu Qingheng again: "Sister Qing, are you afraid?" "Zhu Qingheng and Xiang Xiaoyuan claimed their surnames on the boat, one was called Liu Qing and the other was Liu Yuan. At the beginning of Zhanhong, he called Zhu Qingheng as Liu's eldest sister and Xiang Xiaoyuan as Liu's second sister. Later, after getting along for a long time, he liked Zhu Qingheng's Xianyan cuteness, and he was close to her in his heart, so he changed his name to her Sister Qing.

Zhu Qingheng knew that Xiang Xiaoyuan was touching the scene, and remembered the matter of the Xiang family from the Gu family tragedy. She said in her heart that she had always been unlucky, and it would not be impossible to meet a robber today. smiled at Zhan Hong: "I was not afraid, but when I heard your crow's mouth, I was afraid." ”

Zhanhong only said that she was joking, and hurriedly raised her hand and patted her mouth, begging for mercy and laughing: "Phew, bah, it's me who is wrong." ”

Zhu Qingheng smiled and asked the shopkeeper: "Little second brother, when that gang of robbers went to Linzhen, apart from the Gu family, were there any casualties?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "That's not true, the most serious thing is that Wu Daguan was frightened and fell down and broke his waist when he climbed the wall in Widow Chen's house." Gu Dashan's family is the richest family in a radius of a hundred miles here, and that group of strongmen broke through the city gate at that time and rushed directly to the Gu family. At that time, everyone hid in the house and did not dare to come out, and a few young men went out with hoes or something, but they were all cut down by the gang of robbers. My sister's house was rather dilapidated, and the robbers didn't even get in. The valuable things in the rich merchant at the east entrance of her house street were also robbed. It is said that the gang of strongmen, some of whom wielded knives, some of them wielded swords, and some of them used spears, and their techniques were very fast, and before the rich merchants could run up, the gang of strongmen slashed them on the necks with the back of their weapons and knocked them unconscious. They didn't even see the strongmen make a move. However, everyone in Gu Dashan's family practiced martial arts, and they couldn't compare with the rich merchants at the east entrance of the street, so it was estimated that they were killed because of the fierce resistance, and they burned down the whole house with a fire. He was eloquent and eloquent, depicting the scene at that time.

Zhu Qingheng said in his heart: "Except for the Gu family, none of them died, and now the robbers are so good-hearted?" He asked again: "Could it be that he is specifically looking for revenge against the Gu family?" ”

The shopkeeper slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, you don't know, in the past half a month, there have been all kinds of theories, what came to seek revenge from the Gu family, the son of the Gu family robbed his sweetheart, the robber leader was annoyed and angry when he couldn't propose to the Gu family's girl, the robber leader was actually the illegitimate son of the Gu family and his mother was killed by Mrs. Gu, etc. This is quite reliable, and now there is even a saying that the son of the Gu family played with the robber leader and abandoned others and caused him to come to take revenge. I don't know who is so idle to make up this, I don't think I can solve the case anymore, and the script will have to be written. ”

Everyone was stunned when he said this, but the shopkeeper continued indifferently, "If you want me to say, when my grandfather's grandfather moved here, the Gu family was here, and he has been relieving the poor and helping the poor, opening private schools, repairing wharves, and taking the lead in donating money to repair the river embankment when the Yellow River flooded. The sons and daughters of the Gu family are also well-read and courteous characters, and they never cause trouble, if they say that they are seeking revenge, they can't even think of how they can have such a big grudge. ”

Zhu Qingheng said in his heart: "Isn't my family like this, alas, how much merit the Gu family has accumulated over the years, and rumors have spread in a short period of time, and the arrangement is more ugly than the other." I don't know what Suzhou says about my family. With tears in her eyes, she pressed down again and asked, "Little Second Brother, can anyone in the Gu family practice spells?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The girl thinks highly of us, where can there be such a big man in a small place like ours." ”